Dependence of random laser emission on silver nanoparticle density in PMMA films containing rhodamine 6G

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1118-1123

  Dominguez, Christian Tolentino ^a   Maltez, Rogério L ^a   Dos Reis, Roberto M S ^b   De Melo, Luciana S A ^a   De Araújo, Cid B ^a   Gomes, Anderson S L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM COATINGS; ESTERS; LASER BEAMS; NANOPARTICLES; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ALUMINUM FILM; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON; PMMA FILMS; RANDOM LASER EMISSION; RANDOM LASERS; REINJECTION; RHODAMINE 6G; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; TIO;

SILVER;

EID: 79959216644     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.28.001118     Document Type: Article

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